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And, yes, I DO take it personally: R's using Katrina as opportunity to further lobotomize the social contract
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Friday, September 23, 2005

R's using Katrina as opportunity to further lobotomize the social contract

without even entertaining the IDEA of a rational discussion about reversing tax cuts for the wealthy or taking a serious look at the money-swallowing black hole in iraq, the r's see katrina as yet another opportunity to continue the deconstruction of the federal government and, in particular, any federal effort that might remotely be construed as supportive of the working masses, those slaving to fill the already overflowing money bins of the super-rich... raw story has the details...
An internal Republican Study Committee document which is now available online and was simultaneously leaked to RAW STORY Thursday outlines an array of huge cuts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, including the elimination of funding for Amtrak and the National Endowment for the Arts.

say goodbye to public broadcasting...

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